Thirteen Weeks

Thirteen weeks – that’s how far along I am in this pregnancy, according to the ultrasound dating we received.  For the time being I will go along with this, since it’s not that far off from my own calculation (which would put me at three to five days behind).  One reason for wanting this to [...]

Allergy Testing

We had the boys tested for a whole bunch of allergies yesterday, and the results were resoundingly negative.  I guess that’s a good thing, right?  Actually, David even had such a small reaction to the histamine sample that the allergist thought we must have given him antihistamines recently, which we haven’t.  So if he can’t [...]

I never would have guessed…

…that the kids would find a dental appointment so exciting.  B. and D. had their first-ever dentist visit the other day, and before they went I talked to them about what would happen, hoping to keep it from being too traumatic.  J. took them to their appointment, and they apparently came through with flying colors.  [...]

Irony

Due to the current family illness, yesterday, on Regina’s nameday, Regina was not able to have any of the dessert (cherry crisp); tonight, on B. Rose’s nameday, Rose was not able to have any of the dessert (same thing, since we didn’t finish it yesterday). Hope we make it through this soon!

What we’ve been up to

Since our visitors left on Tuesday, we’ve been planning school for this fall (yes, still planning, even though we’ll be starting in just over a week!), picking cherries, making cherry jam, peach jam, peach wine, and pear butter.  And last of all, we’ve been getting sick.  Yes, again.  For the third time this summer!  So [...]

Wyoming Plague?

So, most of us are sick–again.  Four weeks after the last time.  This seems really strange, after we spent two years in Florida, and never got sick there.  Well, I think the kids had a mild cold once.  We never had a big family illness.  Now we’ve gotten hit hard twice in the first month [...]

Headlines of the day

Stocking Up For Winter:

Based on the size of the trailer J. used to haul it, it looks like about half a cord of wood.
Discovery of the Day:

These are a few bushes in our backyard with berries that have been getting ripe over the last few weeks.  The kids have been begging to know if they [...]

Plans? What plans?

So I thought we would spend this week getting onto a routine…yeah, pretty funny.  Why do I make these plans?
Turns out the real plan for the day was for me to tote around a sick baby.   A feverish, throwing-up baby.   On the bright side, Teresa has remained irrepressibly cheerful through it all.  Just a little [...]

Good water at last

Back in Milwaukee we used a Brita water pitcher to filter our tap water, then we spent our two years in Florida buying bottled water, since our water was from a well that was not very clean, and we weren’t sure that the Brita filters would be enough to make it safe to drink. [...]

Dry climate woes

I just checked the weather reports, and right at this minute the temperature here is actually the same as the temperature down in Naples; the difference is that here the humidity is 15%, and in Naples it is 93%.  Our two years in Florida were happily free of all dry skin issues for the kids, [...]